Context (Field collection)
Found: River Cam near Horningsea
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Socketed spearhead
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (References)
Swanton, M.J. (1973). 'The Spearheads of the Anglo-Saxon Settlements.' Leeds: The Royal Archaeological Institute, p. 95 footnote 40.
Event Date 5/1/2013
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Cleft-socketed spearhead with pattern welded panels in the blade (see M.J. Swanton)
Event Date 5/1/2013
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
In July 2013 James Hodgson, BA student at the University of Central Lancashire, identified this as M.J Swanton Type E2 (cf: A Corpus of Pagan Anglo-Saxon Spear-Types. BAR 1974).
Event Date 19/8/2013
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
First 10 cm of spearhead core appears pattern welded. Rivet holes present; cleft socket.
Event Date 25/9/2013
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Split-socketed iron spearhead with long, wide socket and relatively narrow blade. Two pairs of rivet holes close to shaft end of socket. Pattern welded blade has curved shoulders and straight sides; point missing.
Event Date 6/5/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe